Fairyhouse

Early Bird For Easter Festival @Fairyhouse Handicap Chase

Distance: 3m2f
Going: Soft
Prize: €6,785
Runners: 19
Winning time: 6m 53.01s (slow by 33.01s)
Age: 5yo+
Class:
1
J:Aidan Kelly(5) T:Padraig Roche
Age:8 Weight:10st 11lbs
OR:95 SP:17/2
Midfield - headway before 5 out - challenging from 2 out - led last - edged left run-in - ridden out(op 15/2 tchd 7/1)
2 ¾
J:Carl Millar(5) T:Cian Collins
Age:7 Weight:11st 8lbs
OR:106 SP:8/1
In rear - midfield after 7th - headway to lead before 4 out - faced challenge when ridden from 2 out - headed last - slightly hampered run-in - kept on well(op 17/2)
3 8
J:Sean Flanagan T:Miss Denise Marie O'Shea
Age:10 Weight:11st 11lbs
OR:109 SP:10/1
Raced wide - soon midfield - headway before 3 out - went third but no extra after 2 out - no match for first two(op 11/1 tchd 12/1)
4 4 12¾
J:Donagh Meyler T:Karl Thornton
Age:8 Weight:10st 6lbs
OR:90 SP:18/1
Didn't always jump with fluency - soon midfield - in touch with leaders when jumped slightly left 4 out - headway and prominent after 3 out - lost third after 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 12/1)
5 2 14¾
J:Sam Ewing T:Gordon Elliott
Age:8 Weight:11st 12lbs
OR:110 SP:15/2
In touch with leaders - not fluent 1st - midfield when pushed along and outpaced after 5 out - kept on after 3 out(tchd 17/2)
6 18½
J:Conor Stone-Walsh(5) T:C A Murphy
Age:9 Weight:10st 0lbs
OR:84 SP:9/1
Towards rear - mistake 1st - midfield when mistake 5 out - some headway when mistake 2 out - kept on(op 10/1 tchd 17/2)
7 8 26½
J:Danny Gilligan T:Garrett James Power
Age:9 Weight:10st 12lbs
OR:96 SP:14/1
Didn't always jump with fluency - pressed leader early - prominent when not fluent 2nd - lost position but in touch with leaders 4 out - weakening when slow jump 2 out(op 16/1)
8 3 29½
J:Danny Mullins T:James Daniel Dullea
Age:7 Weight:11st 6lbs
OR:104 SP:9/2F
Raced wide - didn't always jump with fluency - in touch with leaders - prominent after 5th - briefly disputed lead before 4 out - weakened after 3 out(op 6/1)
9 ½ 30
J:Philip Donovan(5) T:J G Bennett
Age:9 Weight:10st 11lbs
OR:95 SP:14/1
Jumped left on occasions - didn't always jump with fluency - held up in rear - headway into midfield before 5th - in touch with leaders after 3 out - weakened 2 out(op 20/1)
10 31¾
J:Tom Harney(7) T:Liz Doyle
Age:8 Weight:11st 11lbs
OR:109 SP:33/1
Jumped left on occasions - didn't always jump with fluency - in touch with leaders - lost position after 5 out - weakened 2 out(op 40/1)
11 13 44¾
J:Keith Donoghue T:J P Dempsey
Age:10 Weight:11st 9lbs
OR:107 SP:100/1
Never better than midfield(op 50/1)
12 4 48¾
J:J J Slevin T:John F O'Neill
Age:9 Weight:10st 10lbs
OR:94 SP:28/1
Always behind(tchd 25/1)
13 53
J:Ricky Doyle T:Ross O'Sullivan
Age:8 Weight:11st 8lbs
OR:106 SP:50/1
Didn't always jump with fluency - in touch with leaders - mistake 8th - weakened before 5 out(op 28/1)
PU
J:G B Noonan(5) T:Norman Lee
Age:11 Weight:10st 2lbs
OR:86 SP:25/1
Didn't always jump with fluency - in rear - weakened after 3 out - tailed off when switched right then pulled up before last(op 22/1 tchd 28/1)
PU
J:Peter Smithers(7) T:E J O'Grady
Age:9 Weight:11st 11lbs
OR:109 SP:22/1
Pressed leader - jumped slightly left 8th - briefly disputed lead before 4 out - mistake and pecked on landing 3 out - soon weakened - eased then pulled up before last(op 28/1 tchd 25/1)
PU
J:Cian Quirke(5) T:J P Flavin
Age:8 Weight:10st 0lbs
OR:84 SP:20/1
Midfield - weakened before 4 out - tailed off when pulled up before last(op 25/1)
PU
J:Simon Torrens T:Norman Lee
Age:8 Weight:10st 5lbs
OR:89 SP:11/1
Jumped left on occasions - led - not fluent 5 out - headed before 4 out - weakened before 3 out - tailed off when pulled up before last (jockey said gelding hung left throughout)(op 14/1)
F
J:John Shinnick(5) T:W J Burke
Age:7 Weight:10st 4lbs
OR:88 SP:22/1
Didn't jump with fluency - midfield early - towards rear 9th - some headway when fell 3 out(op 25/1)
PU
J:Tiernan Power Roche(7) T:P J Rothwell
Age:7 Weight:11st 10lbs
OR:108 SP:7/1
Never going well - towards rear early - raced in last when not fluent 4th - detached and struggling after 9th - pulled up before 5 out (jockey said gelding never travelled; vet reported gelding to be post race normal)(op 11/2 tchd 5/1 and 15/2)

Betting breakdown

Tote win: €13
Tote place: €2.80 €2.30 €2.50
Exacta: €88.10
Trifecta: €769.20
Tricast: €727.93
CSF: €76.54